Earrings!

I found these gorgeous semi-precious stone briolettes from Lillys Bead Box on Etsy. I couldn't resist the garnet because it's my birthstone. I think the name sold me on the other ones - Whiskey quartz. Love it. They're a nice size, and they catch the light really nicely. They garnet ones are an adorable shape, but they're almost too tiny. They drill holes are really small, so I had to use 28g wire. I went with a gunmetal finish, but I think if I make more, I'll use oxidized silver instead. The 28g wire was really flimsy, which made it a bit hard to work with, so the wire wrapping is less than perfect.
I also found these cute translucent flower beads. I matched them with some faux pearls and oxidized silver findings.




I wanted to make some earrings like those as Christmas gifts, so I ordered some more briolettes in people's birthstones. I'm going to use sterling silver wire for those, that way I can oxidize instead of buying wire that's already oxidized.